Auction 513
Works of Art & Art Nouveau
By VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
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May 16, 2024
Hitzelerstr. 2, 50968 Köln, Germany
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Auction: Thursday, 16. May 2024
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LOT 530:
BRONZE PENDULUM WITH BACCHANTE. France. Date: 1st half 19th c. Maker/Designer: ...
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Start price:
€
2,400
Estimated price :
€4,000 - €5,000
Buyer's Premium: 35%
VAT: 19%
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BRONZE PENDULUM WITH BACCHANTE.
France.
Date: 1st half 19th c.
Maker/Designer: Presumably after a model by André-Antoine Raviro.
Technique: Bronze, fire-gilded.
Description: On an oval base young bacchante with moving antique garment in a dancer-like movement.
Balancing a rod on her right shoulder and attached to this the drum-formed clock case with
bells and cymbals. Enamel dial with Roman numerals. 14-day-pendulum movment with thread
suspension, half-hour chime on bell.
Measurement: 39x23x11cm.
Enamelled dial chipped at the winding holes.
Enclosed: P/S.
Literature:
Niehüser, Elke: Die französische Bronzeuhr, Munich 1997. The model is depicted p.230, no.665.
A pendulum of the same model with minor changes in its details can be found in a collection of the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Dresden.
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Explanations to the Catalogue
France
Clocks
19th century
Pendulum Clock
